Nine Indian refugees from Sudan who were stuck there arrived in Mumbai from Jeddah.
Those who had been evacuated from the crisis-ridden nation expressed joy upon their return.
Salim claimed after arriving in India, “I went to see my family. For nearly 20 days, I was stranded in Sudan. When I got in touch with the embassy there, they helped me out swiftly and efficiently.
Another evacuee who has since returned to Mumbai, Mubarak, said that the Indian embassy there has been quite helpful to him. “The Indian Embassy provided lodging and meals at its building. Additionally, the Embassy provided bus transportation to Port Sudan, he continued.
We were in a really terrible condition, claimed another Indian refugee who had previously worked in Sudan. After discussing our predicament with the Embassy, they drove us to Port Sudan. I appreciate the Embassy a lot.
Arindam Bagchi, the spokeswoman for the external affairs ministry, had said that around 3800 nationals had successfully left the conflict-torn Sudan.
“An IAF C-130J aircraft carrying 47 Sudanese refugees is its route from Jeddah to Delhi. According to the tweets of Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson for the external affairs ministry, “nearly 3800 people have now been rescued from Sudan under #OperationKaveri.”
192 Indians who were trapped in Sudan earlier that day arrived in Ahmedabad.
They were flown from Port Sudan to Ahmedabad by Indian Air Force C17 aircraft to Gujarat.
“20 evacuees” left N’Djamena on the same day in two groups of 2 and 18, respectively, aboard aircraft headed for Bengaluru and Chennai. These refugees had entered Chad from Sudan over the nearby land border, Bagchi tweeted.
According to the Indian embassy in Sudan, “Operation Kaveri” has successfully evacuated 3,584 Indians from the civil war-torn Sudan after nine days of operations.
The ambitious “Operation Kaveri” rescue effort, which the Indian government initiated nine days ago with the goal of rescuing Indians who had been stuck in the war-torn Sudan, is still ongoing. Five Indian Naval Ships and sixteen Indian Air Force aircraft, including one from the Wadi Sayyidna military airport, were used in the operation.
According to a statement released by the South Sudanese foreign ministry on Tuesday, the two warring groups in Sudan—the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)—have agreed to a seven-day truce.
According to the statement, the parties also agreed to send delegates to peace negotiations “to be held at an agreed venue of their choice.” SAF and RSF did not respond to the news through their official channels.
Previous cease-fires haven’t been able to stop fighting between rival groups around the country. Since the commander of the Sudanese army and the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, were unable to come to terms, there were violent clashes in the middle of April that resulted in at least 528 deaths and a significant influx of refugees leaving the nation, according to CNN.
The UNHCR, which oversees refugee affairs, had previously issued a warning that more than 800,000 people would flee Sudan’s main ports due to ongoing violence, prompting the statement on Tuesday.